O give thy King no bynames! nor decry The title proper to His native throne Within our hearts, as tho' thou would'st deny The authentic angel's voice which made it known; 'Tis treason to invalidate our creed By understatements, partial, vague, and scant; A faith in music is not what we want, This sweet-toned mythus meets no sinner's need; Come to the rescue, all who would not fuse Redemption into harp-notes! nor exchange For this new style our grand prescriptive use; Nor seek, from flying leaves of legend strange, To annotate Christ Jesus! till the next Bold pen obtrudes the margin on the text. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HENRY MOORE'S STATUE AT LINCOLN CENTER by KAREN SWENSON JEALOUS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A ST. HELENA LULLABY by RUDYARD KIPLING TWENTY BLOCKS by EGMONT HEGEL ARENS RACHEL by WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG III TO HIS LATE MAJESTY, CONCERNING..TRUE FORM OF ENGLISH POETRY by JOHN BEAUMONT IN A LETTER TO A.R.C. ON HER WISHING TO BE CALLED ANNA by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS |